GridView - Show headers on empty data source

Question

In C# how do I still show the headers of a gridview, even with the data source is empty.

I am not auto generating the columns as they are all predefined.

C

Answer 1

You can set the ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords property of the ownertableview to true. aspx:

Also when the datasource for the GridView is null(when no records), you can try setting it as shown below: c#:

  if (GridView1.DataSource == null)  
  {  
        GridView1.DataSource = new string[] { };  
  } 
  GridView1.DataBind();